Children in the UK aged 12 to 15 are set to be able to get a Covid jab, following advice from the UK's chief medical officers.
Top US diplomat Antony Blinken has defended the chaotic Afghanistan pull-out in the first official testimony to members of Congress since the exit.
"We're working to establish an inclusive government that represents all the people of Afghanistan," promised Taliban leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar when he recently arrived in Kabul to start talks aimed at forming a leadership to move the movement from guns to government.
Former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has apologised to the people of Afghanistan after fleeing to take refuge in the United Arab Emirates.
An historic trial is beginning in France over the 2015 Paris attacks which left 130 people dead.
Anti-Taliban forces in Afghanistan have asked the international community not to recognise the new government announced by the Islamists on Tuesday.
Russia's Emergencies Minister Yevgeny Zinichev has died in an accident during an Arctic civil defence exercise.
Germany must engage with the Taliban, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said during a news conference with her party's election candidate Armin Laschet.
Britain announced on Monday that it is once again postponing the implementation of border checks on goods travelling to Northern Ireland.
The Taliban have declared victory over the province of Panjshir northeast of the capital Kabul, the final pocket of territory which has remained outside their rule.
Russia's unmanned Luna-25 spacecraft has crashed into the Moon after spinning out of control, officials say.
Donald Trump has confirmed that he will not take part in Republican presidential debates with his rivals in the race for the White House.